While puerto rico does not vote in the election, its been a political thorn in the president s side with democrats ripping him for not doing enough to help the island recover from Hurricane Maria. Today with some six million Puerto Ricans in the United States, President Trump moved to set things right. Almost three years to the day, Hurricane Maria hit puerto rico. Now the president is responding. I have to say in a very nice way, a very respectful way, im the best thing that ever happened to puerto rico. In the past, President Trump has criticized corrupt poll situations in puerto rico and complained the island had already received too much federal relief money. And then the issue of timing. Why not a year ago, two years ago, three years ago . Why now . Weve been working on it for a long time to get it passed. Very tough to get things passed with democrats where they dont want to see this happen. They probably didnt want to see it happen at this point. The award comes as the Biden Cam
Mike pence who heads the Coronavirus Task force, she was on the task force from day one. Now troy left the white house in late july and shes leveling some tough charges against President Trump in a new video. Towards the middle of february, we knew it wasnt a matter of if covid would become a big pandemic, it was a matter of when. The president didnt want to hear that because his biggest concern was we were in an Election Year and how was this going to affect what he considered his record of success. The truth is he doesnt actually care about anyone else but himself. Troy goes on to say that President Trump made a statement that she will never forget because in her view it defines who President Trump is. When we were in a task force meeting, the president said maybe this covid thing is a good thing. I dont like shaking hands with people. I dont have to shake hands with these disgusting people. Those disgusting people are the same people that he claims to care about. Troy goes on to say
Morning, what are you hearing . Reporter good morning, hallie it is striking that the chief of staff, mark meadows is today saying that perhaps the reason there is a divide between the president s comments and those of his cdc director is mark meadows claims that the cdc director dr. Robert redfield is not close enough to the process. Thats striking because of course he heads that agency as a member of the respects Coronavirus Task force and while the cdc is based in atlanta, we frequently see dr. Redfield in washington participating in those meetings and briefings, those behind the scenes as well as some of those that happen publicly sometimes including the president. The president trying to diminish his undercutting of dr. Redfield by saying it was simply a mistake. Dr. Redfield was addressing congress in testimony that by its very definition requires that it be truthful whether an oath is given or not its a crime to lie to congress, and so with his judgment, expertise and experience
The publication of former u. S. Education secretary, betsy devoss new book, hostage is no more. The fight for education, freedom and the future of the american child. Many of you may were never that secretary devos was a recipient of our 2019 Alexander Hamilton award. We are honored to have her with us tonight to celebrate her tenacious and impactful efforts to unlock the potential of americas youth, and our nations most creative and effective educators. Etsy and our esteemed friend of mi, dan seymour, will engage in conversation for the next 20 minutes and we will open it up to questions. Dan seymour, an equity partner, chief officer and has served as a Senior Advisor to wes senator mitt romney and former u. S. Speaker of the house, paul ryan. Dan was based in baghdad for a year, where he served as chief spokesman for the u. S. Led coalition in iraq rate prior, he was a Senior Defense department official. For his service and his wills, dan was awarded the pentagons highest civilian ho
Conversation for the next 20 minutes and we will open it up to questions. Dan seymour, an equity partner, chief officer and has served as a Senior Advisor to wes senator mitt romney and former u. S. Speaker of the house, paul ryan. Dan was based in baghdad for a year, where he served as chief spokesman for the u. S. Led coalition in iraq rate prior, he was a Senior Defense department official. For his service and his wills, dan was awarded the pentagons highest civilian honor, the u. S. Department of defense medal for service. In addition to his prestigious accomplishments, dan is a celebrated public intellectual, having coauthored the work times the New York Times bestseller. His writing has appeared on the pages of wall street journal, the New York Times, and can be heard regularly as host of the call me back podcast, which focuses on what history can teach us about what the world teaches today. Please welcome, dan seymour. [applause] thank you, bob. Thank you for that introduction.